Toplines - Elena Kagan - May 16-17, 2010
National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted May 16-17, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How
closely have you followed news stories about President Obama’s nominee for the
Supreme Court?
39% Very closely
42% Somewhat
closely
15% Not very closely
4% Not at all
1% Not sure
2* Do
you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
15% Very
favorable
28% Somewhat favorable
23% Somewhat unfavorable
21% Very
unfavorable
13% Not
sure
3* The
U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court
nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm
Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?
39% Yes
39% No
22% Not sure
4*
Regardless of whether or not you believe she should be confirmed, how likely is
it that Elena Kagan will be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice?
55% Very likely
28% Somewhat likely
6%
Not very likely
1%
Not at all likely
10% Not sure
5* In political
terms is Elena Kagan liberal, moderate or conservative?
47% Liberal
32% Moderate
3% Conservative
18% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence